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Tania

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: T AA1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana or Tetyana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

New cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Taro.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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History

Etymology

From Russian. See Tanya.

From Tupian.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: Tània — female given name
  • Danish: Tanja — female given name
  • Esperanto: Tanjo — female given name
  • Finnish: Tanja — female given name
  • French: Tania — female given name
  • German: Tanja — female given name
  • Greek: Τάνια (Tánia) — female given name
  • Ingrian: Tanja — female given name
  • Japanese: ターニャ (Tānya) — female given name
  • Norwegian: Tanja — female given name
  • Polish: Tania — female given name
  • Portuguese: Tânia — female given name
  • Russian: Та́ня (Tánja) — female given name
  • Russian: Татья́на (Tatʹjána) — female given name
  • Spanish: Tania — female given name
  • Swedish: Tanja — female given name
  • Ukrainian: Таня (Tanja) — female given name